Payment to a Former Spouse

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Fauna and Flora, Group 179, Puzzle 2 (Flowering Plants).

Question is: Payment to a Former Spouse

and the answer is: ALIMONY

Word Meaning:

ALIMONY — (law, sometimes derogatory) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

Definitions from Wiktionary.